Numbers from the Democratic presidential primary race

"Party News"

05/30/2008

By ANN SANNER,
Associated Press
May 30, 2008


Numbers and more numbers from the Democrats' presidential primary campaign:

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GREAT DEBATERS:

_Democratic presidential debates: 21

_Total words spoken in the debates: Roughly 375,000

ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE

_Days since Obama announced his candidacy, as of Friday: 475

_Days since Clinton announced her candidacy: 496

MAGIC NUMBER

_Delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination: 2,026

VICTORIES

_Primaries Obama has won: 18

_Primaries Clinton has won: 18

_Caucuses Obama has won: 14

_Caucuses Clinton has won: 3

TURNOUT

_Largest crowd at an Obama campaign event: 75,000, in Portland, Ore.

_Votes cast in the New Hampshire Democratic primary: 284,104

_Total popular vote in Democratic contests where delegates were awarded, except for caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, Washington, Maine and Texas where no popular vote was released: 32.8 million

SPENDING FOR CLINTON, AS OF APRIL 30

_Media: $47.6 million

_Travel: $26.1 million

_Salaries: $20.4 million

_Home Depot: More than $28,000

_Domino's Pizza: $1,951

_Starbucks: $3,765

_Einstein Bros. Bagels: $2,493

_Dunkin' Donuts: $3,210

SPENDING FOR OBAMA, AS OF APRIL 30

_Media: $84 million

_Travel/lodging: $30 million

_Payroll: $22.6 million

_Home Depot: More than $15,000

_Starbucks: $1,580

_Domino's Pizza: $1,774

_Einstein Bros. Bagels: $738